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• To Ease Shortage of Organs, Grow Them in a Lab?
  By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.
• Kenneth Wilson, Nobel Winner for Physics, Dies
  A physics professor who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions has died in Maine at age 77.
• Obama: Government Must Find Ways to Free Up Wireless Spectrum
  President Barack Obama will order federal agencies to look for ways they can eventually share more of their airwaves with consumers and businesses that will need more of the spectrum for smartphones and tablets, the White House said on Friday.Dozens of agencies reserve...
• Lockheed-Boeing Rocket Venture Undergoes Antitrust Probe
  U.S. regulators have opened a probe into whether a Lockheed-Boeing joint venture that launches U.S. government satellites into space has flouted antitrust laws.
• Nokia Sets Date for Expected Camera Phone Announcement
  Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has plans to make an announcement on July 11, according to a press invitation sent out on Thursday and amidst widespread speculation in online media that it is about to launch a new flagship camera phone.
• Microsoft to Open Windows Stores Within Best Buy
  Microsoft Corp said it would open 500 special stores within existing Best Buy Co Inc stores in the United States selling exclusively Windows-based tablets and computers and other Microsoft products in an effort to revitalize sales of its flagship operating system.
• Facebook Adds 'Hashtag' Feature
  Facebook Inc, the world's No. 1 social network, is adopting the hashtag, one of the most recognizable features of its younger rival Twitter, in a move to position its Web service as an important complement to television, sporting events and breaking news.
• Study: Many Thriving Species at Risk from Climate Change
  Many species of birds, amphibians and corals not currently under threat will be at risk from climate change and have been wrongly omitted from conservation planning, an international study said on Wednesday. The Amazon rainforest was among the places where ever more types...
• Tech Companies Want Transparency on Security Probes
  Technology companies that have been criticized for aiding the National Security Agency in its Internet surveillance program are calling on U.S. officials to ease the secrecy surrounding the investigations.
• China Launches New Manned Space Flight Mission
  
  China launched its latest manned space flight mission Tuesday, with a three-astronaut crew blasting off from a base in Inner Mongolia.
• Disney Goes to Infinity to Turn Around Gaming Unit
  When Walt Disney Co introduced its latest video game, Infinity, to the gaming faithful this week at the annual E3 gaming conference, it rented a Los Angeles movie theater to show 30-minute clips of upcoming films and hosted a party with the glitz it usually reserves for its...
• Google Buys Israel's Waze to Keep Mobile Maps Lead
  Google Inc bought Israeli mapping startup Waze on Tuesday for just over $1 billion, a source familiar with the matter said, acquiring an online real-time mapping service to safeguard its lead in one of the most crucial aspects of smartphone usage.
• Group Denies it Withheld 2010 Earhart Discovery
  A Delaware aircraft preservation group denies a Wyoming man's claim that it found pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart's missing plane in 2010 but sat on the news so it could solicit him to pay for a later search.Mystery has surrounded Earhart's fate since her plane...
• Apple Unveils Music Streaming Service, Revamps IOS
  Apple Inc on Monday unveiled a music streaming service that is a key part of overhauled mobile software that the company called the most revolutionary re-design of its operating system since the iPhone was introduced in 2007. iTunes Radio, one of the more highly anticipated...
• Apple Announces New Operating System's Features
  Apple's new operating system will offer new features that speed up Macs, extend battery life, and make for what the company hopes is an easier user experience.
• China's Latest Manned Space Mission to Launch June 11
  China will launch its next manned space flight on Tuesday, carrying three astronauts on a 15-day mission to an experimental space lab, the National Space Administration said, in the latest step towards the development of a space station.
• Amazon Targets Frequent Shoppers With New Prime Service
  Amazon.com Inc unveiled a new version of its successful Prime shipping service on Monday as the world's largest Internet retailer tries to attract more-frequent shoppers with groceries and other everyday household products.
• Asteroid the Size of Small Truck Buzzes Earth: NASA
  An asteroid the size of a small truck zoomed past Earth four times closer than the moon on Saturday, the latest in a parade of visiting celestial objects that has raised awareness of potentially hazardous impacts on the planet.
• Drones Countdown to Takeoff in Alaska's Oilfields
  No pilot was required when the Aeryon Scout took off into the leaden skies of Alaska to inspect a stretch of oil pipeline. The miniature aircraft was guided by an engineer on the ground, armed only with a tablet computer.
• How the Fast Market for 'Zero Day' Exploits Puts Us All in Danger
  As worldwide fears about cyber-security threats skyrocket, governments have started to pay huge sums of money for Zero Day exploits, in the process deliberately leaving open gaps in computer security.
• Russian Arctic-Mapping Satellite Malfunctions
  A Russian satellite launched last year to map the Arctic has stopped working, a space industry source told the Interfax news agency on Thursday, in the latest disappointment for the country's once-pioneering space program.
• Nobel Contender Sees Multiple Cosmic Mysteries
  Francois Englert, the Belgian physicist widely tipped to share a Nobel prize this year with Britain's Peter Higgs, said on Tuesday many cosmic mysteries remain despite the discovery of the boson that gave shape to the universe.
• Twitter Partners With World's Largest Ad Agency
  Twitter and WPP, the world's largest advertising agency, have combined forces to better focus advertising by using consumer data.
• Obama Administration Defends Massive Phone Record Collection
  The Obama administration on Thursday defended its collection of a massive amount of telephone records from at least one carrier as part of U.S. counterterrorism efforts, re-igniting a debate over privacy even as it called the practice critical to protecting Americans from...
• Curiosity Rover to Head Toward Mars Mountain Soon
  Ten months after landing on Mars, the NASA rover Curiosity is finally about to pack up and head toward a mountain.Discoveries and longer-than-expected scientific studies delayed the long-awaited drive to Mount Sharp, where scientists are anxious to examine the rock...

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